How to Get Back Deleted WhatsApp Messages on Computer/iPhone

Updated to Home > HowTos > File Recovery Tips by Robert on Oct 15, 2024 | Approved by Christian Cawley

My friend asked me a question as for how to get back deleted WhatsApp messages since she has learned I know some techniques for how to deal with data loss issues. Actually, my ways are quite simple and easy. In the following, I’m going to share with you how to get back deleted WhatsApp messages on computer and iPhone.

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Part 1. How to Get Back Deleted WhatsApp Messages on Computer
Part 2. How to Get Back Deleted WhatsApp Messages on iPhone

Part 1. How to Get Back Deleted WhatsApp Messages on Computer

First, let’s say you have WhatsApp installed on your computer and using it to contact people all the time or regularly. And the other day, you get a contract document and the cooperation messages. However, you delete them all coincidentally. You must act like an ant on a hot pan. Actually, you don’t have to. You can get back the deleted WhatsApp messages, photos, and other attachment easily with iBeesoft Data Recovery. Here are the simple steps:

Step 1. click the download button to download iBeesoft data recovery software. It has versions for Mac and Windows PC respectively. You need to download the right version according to your computer OS. Next, install it on your computer like the way you install other software.

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Step 2. Launch iBeesoft Data Recovery. From the window, please select the drive where you’ve deleted the WhatsApp messages and click "Scan".

Step 3. In the next window, you can see the file recovery software wizard works swiftly looking for deleted WhatsApp messages. When finding them, they’ll be sorted into the category and displayed on the left side of the window. From there, you can select, preview and get the deleted WhatsApp messages back.

Part 2. How to Get Back Deleted WhatsApp Messages on iPhone

For this part, please forgive me not mention the general ways for how to get back the deleted WhatsApp messages, such as restore iPhone with iCloud or iTunes backup, or restore with WhatsApp messages iCloud backup. I don’t want to mention them mostly because they’ll put your iPhone back to the day you’ve made the backup, which of course, will delete some recent messages, photos, apps, videos and more. Here in the following, I only focus on the safe and trustworthy way for how to get deleted WhatsApp messages back.

Method #1. Scan iPhone for Deleted WhatsApp Messages

Step 1. Click the download button to get the iPhone WhatsApp messages to get the back software - iPhone Data Recovery. Install it on your computer. Please note that there is no app can get back deleted messages back really unless desktop software.

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Step 2. Use a USB cable to connect your iPhone with your computer. Launch iBeesoft iPhone Data recovery, let it detect your iPhone and click "Recover from iOS". It means the software will scan your iPhone for the deleted WhatsApp messages. Click "Scan".

Step 3. From the result window, you can see the deleted WhatsApp messages. Select wanted ones and click "Recover" to get them back.

Method #2. Get Back Deleted WhatsApp Messages from iCloud Backup File

Step 1. make sure you’ve backed up WhatsApp messages to iCloud before the deletion. If so, install iBeesoft iPhone Data Recovery on your computer and click "Recover from iCloud".

Step 2. Sign in your iCloud account, letting the software detect the backup files. Next, please select the backup file which contains the deleted WhatsApp messages and click "Scan".

Step 3. Next, when the scanning process is finished, find the deleted WhatsApp messages, select them and click "Recover" to get them back to your computer.

Method #3. Get Deleted WhatsApp Messages Back from iTunes Backup

Step 1. it is the same for that of iCloud backup file, you need to make sure you had backed up the WhatsApp messages before the deletion. Next, install iBeesoft iPhone Data Recovery and click "Recover from iTunes".

Step 2. Select the iTunes backup file which contains your deleted WhatsApp messages and click "Scan", letting the software find the deleted WhatsApp messages.

Step 3. In the result window, find the deleted WhatsApp messages as well as attachment, select them and click "Recover" to save them.